This dissertation is concerned with investigating the social "perceptual reality" of crime. Perceptual reality of crime refers to how society comes to view behavior, the criminal, and what society feels should be done to control crime. / Perceptions of crime discussed by this dissertation are centered around the consensus/conflict debate common to the discipline of criminology. "Players" in the consensus/conflict debate have traditionally been limited to academia and political rhetoric. This dissertation adamantly argues that a third player, popular culture, must be included if an understanding of society's perceptions of crime and justice are to be understood. / Special attention is given to sub-cultural forms of popular culture by this work. Justification for concentrating on sub-cultural forms of popular culture is to establish support for the hypotheses that American society is very diverse and that diversity often leads to conflict. / Following a literature review of popular culture's magnitude as well as a review of historical and contemporary theoretical analysis of the role played by popular culture in American society, the sub-cultural form of popular culture, rap music and rap music videos, are singled out for specific examination. / A research model designed to investigate whether or not conflict is reflected by sub-cultural forms of popular culture is presented. Following a discussion of the findings, the contributions of including the study of popular culture in attempting to better understand the formation and evolution of perceptual realities of crime in American society is critiqued. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-10, Section: A, page: 3884. / Major Professor: Michael J. Lynch. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77017 |
| Contributors | Krzycki, Leonard Andrew., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 366 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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